16 February 1886 in
Brixton, Surrey[registered in
Lambeth, March 1886].Notes:
Brixton was part of the Surrey County Registration until 1889.Attended Brewery Road School and
Compton House School, Brixton.

Census Notes

According to the 1891 census,
the young Andrew is the only child to Scottish (Forfar) father, Andrew, a
carpenter, and mother, Florence Alice (née Crabb). They live at 27
Ducie Street, Lambeth, with his widowed grandmother, Eleanor Crabb, and
his aunty Gertrude Crabb.The London Electoral Registers confirm
Andrew living at 27 Ducie Street in 1892-94. By 1896 however, they had
moved to 55 Rita Road, now in Kennington

According to the 1901 census,
Andrew was now living with his parents and aunty Gertrude at 7 Hermitage
Road in Prittlewell, Rochford. His father is a builder.The 1902
edition of Kelly's Directory places the Ducats at 7 Hermitage Road.

According to the 1911 census,
Andrew is now a Professional Footballer with Woolwich Arsenal FC and a
Professional Cricketer with Surrey CC, still living with his parents in
his aunty Gertrude's house, at 20 Drayton Road in West Ealing. His father
is now a joiner.At the time of him being recruited by the Royal
Garrision in 1915, Andrew and Vera were living at the Holte Hotel in
Aston. He eventually joined 17 May 1916, discharged on 4 February 1919 due
to disability. The attestation states that he is a ganger, employed by
Flowers & Sons, of Stratford-upon-Avon.The London Electoral Registers
place Andrew and Vera at 31 Mentone Mansions in Kennington in 1920-21.
Passanger Lists confirm Andrew and Vera Ducat visited Australia in April
1930. They arrived back in London from Sydney on 17 April, on board the
Maldera. Their address is stated as 36 Bournemouth Park Road in Southend.
The BT Phone Books confirms Ducat was living at Ardmore in Branksome
Road, Southend in 1922, telephone number Southend 1163, and his sports
outfitters shop, Andrew Ducat Ltd, was based on 239 London Road in the
town (Southend 560). By 1927 his address was in Bournemouth Park Road,
(Southend 4129). In 1928, Ducat had a Sports Club, on the Pleasure Beach
(Southend 1530). By 1930, the same home address was contactable on Marine
67529, and his outfitters had moved to 171 Hamlet Court Road, in the
Westcliff area of the town (2660). In 1936-40, they were living in London,
25 Silchester Court, London Road (THOrnton H. 2547).

Married

to Vera Barbour,
on 20 June 1914 at St. Stephen's Chuch, Hounslow
[registered in Brentford, Middlesex, June 1914]. Vera is daughter
of Aston Villa player, Horace Barbour. One daughter, Daphne Joyce (b.19
January 1918)

Died

23 July 1942 at
the wicket, Lords Cricket Ground, St John's Wood, London, aged
56 years 157 days[registered in Marylebone, London, September 1942]. Living at Great
Enton in Witley at the time. Left £555 4s. 10d. to his widow, Vera.
Funeral at Golders Green Crematorium on 27 July, attended by many
dignatories from the world of cricket and football.

Height/Weight

5'
10", 11st.
11lbs [1910]. 5' 8½" [1915]. 5' 9" 11st 6lbs [1916].

Source

Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com

Club Career

Club(s)

Played local
football in Southend-on-Sea, including schoolboy as a full-back, Westcliff Athletic FC and Southend Athletic FC, from where Woolwich
Arsenal FC signed him in February 1905. He
played in 175 league appearances, scoring nineteen goals. On 14 June 1912, Aston Villa FC
acquired Ducat's services for £1500. He broke his leg on 14
September 1912, missing the rest of that season. He served with the Royal
Garrison during the war, and guested for The Arsenal during the
hostilities. For Villa, Ducat
scored four goals in 74 league appearances. Returning to London and Fulham
FC on 13 May 1921 for £2000, retiring three years later in May 1924,
he made 64 league appearances. After
giving up the post as Fulham FC manager, Ducat returned to Amateur status
and joined the Casuals club.

Club honours

FA Cup winner
1919-20;

Individual honours

None

Distinctions

A noted
first-class cricketer with Surrey CCC (1906-31) and one test appearance
for England in 1921 alongside Wally Hardinge.

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].

Managerial Career

Club(s)

Upon retiring
from playing with Fulham FC, and following manager Phil Kelso's
resignation, Ducat was offered the position on 14 May 1924, Surrey CC
released him from his contract on 5 June, to allow him to become the club's manager,
although he was to fulfill his cricketing committments until the end of
the cricketing season. He held the post until May 1926.

"SERIOUS ILLNESS OF DUCAT"Andrew Ducat is lying in the West London
Hospital in a rather serious condition, following an operation, it was
reported. Some food which he ate last week stuck in his throat, and he has
since been unable to eat anything, and only drink with the utmost
difficulty and much suffering. On Wednesday, he visited. the West London
Hospital with the club doctor to have his throath X-rayed, and was
operated on later." -
The Daily Mail, Thursday, 26 November 1925.
"Upon inquiry at Craven Cottage yesterday morning the Press Association
were informed that Andrew Ducat, the manager of Fulham FC, who has
undergone a serious operation for an obstruction in the throat, was going
on very nicely, and unless anything unforeseen happens hopes to leave the
nursing home on Monday." - The Yorkshire Post, Saturday, 28 November 1925.That Ducat
should collapse and die, bat in hand, was the last thing anyone would have
expected of such a well-set-up, vigorous, healthy-looking and
careful-living man. Evidence of those in the field proved clearly that he
expired directly after playing a stroke and as he prepared to receive
another ball, for he was dead when carried to the pavilion. The medical
report gave the cause of death as failure of a heart that showed signs of
definite weakness. The loss of Ducat in this way may be attributed
to the war, but for which there would not have been the Home Guard for him
to join. His Surrey Unit were playing their Sussex brothers-in-arms, and
Ducat was not out at lunch-time. On resuming, he raised his score from 12
to 29 before the catastrophe occurred. - ESPNCricInfo"Leading figures in the cricket and football world were
present at Golder's Green Crematorium yesterday. His old Surrey colleagues
Jack Hobbs, A. Sandham, H. Strudwick, E. W. Brooks, and R. J. Gregory were
present, as well as Mr. E. D. G. Leveson-Gower, the former Surrey
president. Other representatives were Sir Pelham Warner (M.C.C.), Messrs.
H. J. Huband (Football Association), W. J. Smith (Aston Villa), H. J.
Peters, J. Shaw (Arsenal), J. Peart (Fulham) and R. Jack (Plymouth and
Southend). Two former opponents, Charles Buchan (Sunderland) and Arthur
Grimsdell (Spurs), also attended. - The Western Morning News,
Tuesday, 28 July 1942.

Beyond England

Held differing positions in differing
jobs, including sports outfitter, journalism and hotel management.
He was the cricket coach in Queensland in 1929-30, and at Eton College 1931-36. He was a sports reporter
at the time of his death. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.91/2.

Andy Ducat - Career Statistics

Squads

Apps

Comp.
Apps

Mins.

Goals

Goals
Av.min

Comp.
Goals

Capt.

Disc.

13

6

6

540

1

540
min

1

none

none

Due to the fact that
many matches rarely stuck to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time
for injuries, errors and substitutions. The minutes here
given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only
an approximation.